

“If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you.”
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“An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. . . . We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties. Till then, it is like wasting great wine on a ravenous natural thirst which merely wants cold wetness.”
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”
― The Cost of Discipleship
― The Cost of Discipleship

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
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